GUIDES · EDIBLE + LEAFY
Gardening Guides
Tested, plant-by-plant guides for keeping things alive and growing food in small spaces.
- Getting Started
How to Propagate Plants
Stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, division and layering explained: which method suits which plant, when to do it, and how to turn one plant into several.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE Windowsills, balconies and small patiosDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Getting Started
The Complete Guide to Repotting
When a plant actually needs repotting versus when it just needs feeding, how to handle different root types without causing transplant shock, which plants hate being disturbed, and which ones want repotting every year.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE All growing spacesDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Plant Problems
Pests and Diseases: A Small-Space Reference
How to actually work out what's wrong with a struggling plant, the pests and diseases most likely to turn up in a small garden or on a windowsill, and the least-toxic-first approach to dealing with each one properly.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE All growing spacesDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Getting Started
Feeding Plants: What They Actually Need
What NPK actually means, which feed to use and when, why containers need feeding and open ground mostly doesn't, and the honest signs of both underfeeding and overfeeding, including the Mediterranean plants that want far less than you'd think.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE All growing spacesDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Getting Started
Container Growing Fundamentals
Everything worth knowing about growing plants in pots, indoors and out: choosing the right container, drainage that actually works, which compost matters and which doesn't, feeding, repotting, and why containers behave differently to open ground.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE Any potDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Getting Started
How to Water Plants Properly
A complete guide to watering plants properly, indoors and out, through every season: how to tell when a plant needs water, how much to give it, why overwatering kills more plants than drought, tools that help, and how watering needs change from spring through winter.
LIGHT 2 of 3SPACE Any pot, any bedDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Edible Growing
How to Grow Basil on a Windowsill
A complete guide to growing basil on a windowsill: the best varieties, the right pot and compost, how to sow from seed step by step, watering and feeding, how to harvest so it keeps producing, how to stop it bolting, and how to fix pests and disease.
LIGHT 3 of 3SPACE WindowsillDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED - Houseplants
Best Indoor Plants for Beginners
The most forgiving houseplants you can grow — what to choose for your light and lifestyle, a full care profile for each, how to water and feed them, how to make more for free, which are safe around pets, and how to fix the things that go wrong.
LIGHT 1 of 3SPACE Any roomDIFFICULTY easy✓ TESTED
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